Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 12

              brown and white vol 80 - no 12 betmlehem pa tuesoay october 29 1968 866-033 fraternities called racists by john gusta vsfcn by uhuru at kappa sigma uhuru society an organisation of university black students found the men of all lehigh fraternities guilty sunday of committing acts of individual and institutional racism at a mock trial staged at the kappa sigma house led by scott williams a mathematics department graduate student and wayne mcelveen 69 uhuru chairman 14 nwmiwrg nt the sccisty entered the i_pp _.£__ hsuss while an open house for freshmen was being conducted unannounced and unexpected the black students play-acted judge jury and prosecutor mcelveen the prosecutor charged that lehigh fraternities were guilty of the predication of decisions and policies on considerations of race for the purpose of subordinating and maintaining control over black americans '■'■ guilty " mcelveen proceeded of active and pervasive operation of anti-black attitudes noi directly guilty of fcilllrm i black children in birmingham or killing black leaders in memphis new york and g_!r hat •»_**»» ft £__! a»»*\«mmoo\e v — •— ■ •%., ** — «. — m..*f %— . —_***__••«,. »— — — __ v _ . political officials and institutions that would and do perpetuate institutionally racist policies guilty of judging a man by his color and not by his worth continued mcelveen we charge you guilty of the same insti tutional racism which legalized the slavery of our people until the middle of the nineteenth century and which has now colonlallzed black america and guilty of proclaiming each and every day that to be white is to be right and tc be black is to stay back guilty of supporting tho institutions which say every day nigger you ain't shif to millions of black children black teenagers and black college students guilty of backing the institutions which are directly responsible for the killing of malcolm x medgar evers and the rev martin luther king jr we find you guilty of white racism in its most pervasive form concluded the prosecution the judge williams then stated that the defense had had its say for the last 300 years whereupon the jury returned a verdict of guilty williams then said you fraternity men on the lehigh campus are charged guilty of white racism £ crime punish able by direct physical confrontation or by holding a program of communication ( b & w photos by cam an a ) judge jury and prosecutor wayne mcelveen center with hands on the table was judge at an uhuru society court of judgement during which ail le high fraternities were charged with promoting individual and institutional rac ism left of mcelveen is scott william s prosecutor behind are members of uhuru society who formed jury b _ w photo by camana surprise entry was made by u huru society members at kappa sig ma fraternity during the house's freshman open house ceremonies gregory raps by jim mcgee " don't let us old fools program you . . . keep your mind from being con trolled this was the message of dick gregory when he spoke to a near capacity crowd in grace hali last night gregory said you are where it is you are fighting for human rights not civil rights you are trying to change some thing he condemned the system charging that this country is the most morally polluted insane nation on the face of the earth at the same time he praised youth ful idealism he said that this is the most loyal dedicated and committed generation ever the democratic convention really ex posed the " moral pollution in this coun try according to gregory he called mayor richard daley of chicago the number one syndicate controlled politician in am 71 class cabinet votes to use council structure by steve lisook the 71 class cabinet passed a motion thursday night by a 21-13 vote to modify the present cabinet system into a council form the motion proposed by harry sobel for gregg casante defined the new council as consisting of president vice president treasurer and secretary and a minimum of eight members chosen at large by the executive committee the maximum limit t still to be set members will serve one year on council the present executive n giber will remain in tbeir officeiifor rhm rpr/>ajgd/»r at the year along with the committee chairmen anyone from the class of 71 interested in serving on the council can obtain an appli cation at the student activities desk until saturday at noon the primary reason for the change was to reduce the size of the governing body in order to try to eliminate inefficiency lack of attendance and of interest the legal right of the cabinef)abollshlng itself was brought up by several members establishment erica if history had more hippies and ylppies this might be a groovy world gregory said they might have been able tdgreatly hinder the hitler movement if they had been around then he said americans gregory said criticize to day's college students for being irres ponsible youth today want more respon sibility not less gregory said he said he is damn sick and tired of labor unions that want four day weeks and three hour days they have joined the ranks of the corrupt stinking politic ians if they can't get iack to the principles for which they were founded wipe them out b * w photo by mccaffrey dick gregory candidate for president speaks before a large crowd in grace hall last night see richie page 4 see mock page 4 see equal page 10